INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



819 



Bacterial spores, vegetative forms from, 



17 

 Bactericidal action of blood serum, 



224 



Bactericidal strengths of common dis- 

 infectants, 85 

 Bactericidal substances compared witli 



agglutinins, 231 

 Bactericidal tests, 257 

 in test tube, 257 



for typhoid fever, 258 

 technique of, 258 

 in vivo, 255-257 

 Bacteriemia, definition of, 184 

 Bacteriological examination of blood 



cultures, 178 

 choice of media for, 179 

 results of, estimation of, 180 

 technique of obtaining material 



for, 178 



from typhoid patients, 180 

 of exudates, 175 

 of feces, 176 



of material from patients, 174 

 technique of collecting, 174 

 of urine, 176 

 of water, 693 

 Bacteriological examination of oysters, 



718 

 Bacteriology, development and scope of, 



1-8 

 Bacteriolysins, 200 



immune, 225 

 Bacteriolytic tests, 255 

 Pfeiffer's test in, 255 



determination of bacteriolytic 

 power of serum against a known 

 microorganism in vivo by, 255 

 identification of microorganism in 

 known immune serum in vivo by, 

 257 



Bacteriotropins, 282, 316 

 Bacterium, 37 

 Bacterium termo, 455 

 Bacterium tularense, 562 

 Bail, agressin theory of, 292 



opposition to, 293 

 Balantidium coli, 792 



Barsiekow's medium for colon-typhoid 



differentiation, 138 

 Bauer's modification of Wassermann 



test for syphilis, 268 

 "Bazillenemulsion," 492 

 Beggiatoa, genus, 38 

 Beggiatoacese, 38 

 Berkefeld filter, 120, 121 

 Bile medium for colon-typhoid differen- 

 tiation, 137 



Bile-salt agar, MacConkey's, for colon- 

 typhoid differentiation, 138 

 Bitter milk, bacteria causing, 703 

 Black Death, 554 

 Black water fever, following malaria, 



786 

 Bladder diseases due to colon bacillus, 



395 



"Blastocystitis hominis," 739 

 Blastomycetes. See Yeasts and Yeast 



cells 

 Blood, laked, 225 



the seat of immunizing agencies, 198 

 Blood corpuscles, red, in Ehrlich's the- 

 ory of lytic process in blood serum, 

 227 

 Blood cultures, anaerobic, 180 



bacteriological examination of, 178 



results of, estimation of, 180 

 choice of media for, 179 

 technique of obtaining material for, 



178 



from typhoid patients, 180 

 Blood examinations for protozoa, tech- 

 nique of, 795 



MacNeal's stain, 797 

 Hanson's stain, 798 

 Wright's stain, 796 



Blood media, method of obtaining, 140 

 Blood serum, bactericidal action of, 224 

 Bordet's interpretation of lytic proc- 

 esses of, 225 

 immune, 198 



reactivation of bactericidal power 



of, by normal serum, 225 

 reactivation of bacteriolytic powers 



of, by normal serum, 226 

 lytic processes of, 224 



